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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-24
a Broom Factory Burned

People going home from the Museum last
night at IL o'cl ock discovered smoke issuing
from the basement of the Rude block, on South
street, west of Pennsylvania. and notified the
fremen of No. hook and ladder company near
by. When the fremen reached the building
they found smoke coming from all the windows,
and on account OF its density it was ff-
teen minutes before the fire could
be located. It then had hold
in the interior of J. A Humphreys
broom factory, No 30 East South street When
the doors and wind ows were opened the entire
inside Of the factory became ablaze. and for
short time the block in danger of destruc-
ton. The flames had spread rapidly through
the first aud second stories, in which were
stored brooms and broom-corn. Charles Krauss,
a pump dealer, occupied for store room No. sc
of the same building. His stock slightly
damaged. The inside of the east half OF the block
occupied by Humphrey destroyed, and all
his stock of manufactured brooms and raw
material and machinery were either burned, or
drenched with water to become of little
value The loss cannot fall short of 81, 600.
The building was damaged to the amount of
$500 S. f. Galloway, dealer in raw furs, who
occupies the block the corner of Pennsyl-
vania and South street. had his stock damaged
slightly.
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accou nts owing to me at the tins of my death.
to have, and enjoy the same as she may
choose. and to dispose of the same IN such m an
ner she may desire; yet request that IL at
the time OF her decease any or the personal
property shall remain undisposed or, that 1t
that the will vested the widow with the absolute
ownership of the personal property and upon
her death the title. vested in her administrator.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Room l-fion. N B. Taylor. Judge.
Lucetta Simpson vs. James Ia. Simpson;
divorce. Dismissed by plaintiff.
Robert Pe,ers vs. Mary M. Peters, divorce.
On trial by court.
Room 2-Hon- u. w Howe. Judge.
Joseph Parkhill vs. the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company; suit on policy On
trial by court
NEW SUITS FILED.
Marder, Luse s. Co. vs. William V. Rocker,
Thomas NJ. Gruele, William Reed, and John
BodsnmIller: complaint on notes and for fore
closure of mortgage Demand, 81, 900.
Emile Becker VS.. Mary J. Lowman and Eliza
E. Lowman; complaint in eiectmene
frankie NJ. Cleveland ct al vs. Frank E.
ages. Demand, Sl0, 900.
Kate Coffee VS.. James Coffee; complaint for
divorce. Allegation, cruel treatment and
abandonment
CRIMINAL COURT
Hon. Wm- A. Irwin, judge
State VS.. Thomas List house breaking. On
trial by jury.
State VS. Arthur Jordan; maintaining a
nuisance Under Amusement
CIRCUIT COURT
hon. Alex. G. Ayres. Judge.
Albert Hitzelbereer We. Edward Lutz; attach
ment and damage. On trial by jury.
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Little Cakes for Christmas.
Philadelphia Record.


Little cakes, when iced and decorated give
great pleasure, and when a child's name is writ
ten the cake the pleasure is greatly increased.
Make plain sponge cup cake. Bake half of
it in thin sheet, and bake the other half in
little fancy tins-hearts, rounds, diamonds. etc.
Cover the fancy shapes with white. pink yellow
and chocolate icing. When the sheet of cake is
cold, with sharp knife split it into two parts.
Spread thin layer of strawberry preserve on
the under part; place the other half on this and
press the two pieces of cake together Now cut
the cake into pieces four inches long and two
inches wide. Cover these with thin layer of
white icing. being careful to cover the edges
When this is dry cover it with thick layer of
white icing. Stick half candied cherry in
each corner of the cake. Let the cakes stand
until they are dry. then write the childrens
names them. Put two tablespoonful of
grated chocolate into cup. place the cup in a
saucepan with a little boiling water and set on
the fire When the chocolate is melted dip a
small brush into it and write the names with
this. For the yellow lettering use the yolk of
an egg. Do not beat the yolk, as that makes it
light colored; simply dip the brush into it and
the white icing; put the white of egg and
teacupful of powdered sugar into bowl, beat
this mixture together for about four or five
minutes. stir in the favoring. and it is done.
The best tiavoring is the juice of a lemon, but
anything one fancies may be used To make
the pink icing add a few drops of prepared
cochineal. Add only drop at time until the
right shade is produced.
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a BOOM THAT Is "BUsTED.
mr. Rogers of New York ana His Adventures
with Kansas Real Estate.

st. Louis Post Dspatch.
II have Just returned from trip to Wichita
and Winfield Kan. where made some invest
Inents in real estate last june" said Geo. S.
Rogers, ofNew York, to a reporter at the Lindell
Hotel, land now know exactly what busted,
boom is ike. was one of those guilelesS in
dividuals who was attracted to Wichita by the
glowing reports of its prosperity which were in
dustriously circulated throughout the East
When arrived could see reason for the
tremendous prices at which real estate
held and for a week or two refused to invest
But | saw property advance 10 per cent a week,
and investors buy at high prices, and almost
Immediately sell again at large advance,
street-car lines were laid out and built, great
business blocks projected. and finally l caught
the fever, and put all the spare cash | could
command into unimproved real estate. My land
was situated on a street-car line, and this gave
me great hopes of the future, the fact that the
line owned but one car, which was drawn by a
single mule through cornfields where not house
was to he SEEM making little impression on me
at the time / had several fair offers from
Eastern men for my property, but rejected
them all without hesitation. L made up my
minC. to hold. and realize large fortune when
Wichita had spread over the surrounding coun-
try, As firmly believed it would. I was called
to New York by business, and after short
stop at Winfield, where l made other invest
ments, / returned home. went to Europe al
most immediately and did not reach New York
again until late last month. As soon as 1 was
able set out for Wichita to see how rich had
grown in my absence. l found the land just as
had left it, but Its value had disappeared No
one of about much for acre had paid
per foot. The track of the street railroad was
still in place. although decidedly rusty from
disuse, and recognized the cornfield. but of
the line of palatial residences which I had been
assured would be in process of construction 1
could perceive not trace made careful
examination of matters and came TO the
clusion that Wichita was still prosperous, but
that its prosperity had arisen from real estate
sold to inexperienced Fasteners. who owned
nearly all the land environing the town, which
viii in all probability preserve its present worth
lessness for many years to come. My bright
dreams quickly vanished, but l determined to
go to Winfield, hoping that there promise and
performance might be less. widely separated.
But here the condition of affairs
worse, for not only was my land unstable, but
was also presented with large tax bill. I
informed the collector that if he could sell the
land for that amount he was shrewder at a bar
gain than /. and shook the dust of Kansas from
my feet. | am now my way home, where
I shall arrive in day two; unless 1 meet the
the fool-kiler. in which case shall never again
see nv family"
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Filing of the Douglass VIII.

Mayor Denny yesterday morning gave notice
that he intended to file the will of the late James
G. Douglass, unless there were objections.
The attorneys acting for the widow have how
ever, objected to the document being filed, and
yesterday afternoon presented written protest
to the court The protest simply presented the
claim that the deceased revoked the will by
afterward disposing of nearly all the property
described in it. Judge Ayers has fixed next
Wednesday the day for hearing the argument
for and against the probatng of the will. In
q suit to contest it will be instituted.
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Items from the Courts,

The Circuit Court jury yesterday declared
Bridget Cooney OF unsound mind, and James
Renihan was appointed her guardian by Judge
Ayres.
Kate Coffey has petitioned the Superior Court
for divorce from her husband, James Cofey.
alleging cruel treatment. drunken ness, failure
TO provide and abandonment They were mar
ried in this city, in September, 1883
Lucretia Simpson yesterday dismissed her pc
tition for a divorce from her husband. James L.
Simpson, which has been pending before Judge
TAYLOR for some time. The two buried their
differences, and promised to live together again
as man and wife should.
A bill in equity filed in the federal court
yesterday by John Nj. Mccoy, executor, against
the Miami Furniture Company, of Dubois
county. to hold the defendants to their obliga-
fion bondsmen for j. B. Harkely, late sher-
if IN Texas.
George La Duke, of Fit Wayne. was arrested
day before yesterday on a charge of sending an
obscene letter to Mrs. Molis Mccullough also
OF Ft. Wayne. On failure TO give bond of
5000 he brought to Indianapolis and placed
in the Marion county Jail
Wise-whipping husbands have become SO
numerous in the City Court that the Mayor has
decided to deal severely with them. An aegra-
waited case was before him yesterday morning.
Msivin Shoggins whipped his wife brutaly, and
then attempted to bite off her He
fined S25 and costs, and sent to the work-house
for ten days.
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POsiOffice InefnciancY.

70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
Reading the article in to-days Journal in re-
gard to the ineficiency of the mail service re-
minds me of an incident that occurred at Grand
pa Jones's postofice few evenings ago. A
gentleman DESTROYS of mailing some grain sam
pies and arriving at the Office after o'clock,
handed them in at the general-deivery window,
with the request for The proper postage-and
adding the information that they were unseaed.
that department, lit makes no difference wheth-
er they are sealed not, the postage is just the
same" This is sample of the class of asses
who handle the tons of mail received daily at
the Indianapolis postofice. In connection with
this Will say that a large amount of the Eastern
mail at present is one day behind in delivery.
The unusual heavy mail at present may have
something TO do with this delay. but formerly
the force was equal for any emergency.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. %. MERCHANT
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A Christmas Plum Pudding.
London Queen.

A two-guinea prize plum pudding-Outof 500
recipes sent the Queen the following award
ed the prize: One pound of raisins. one pound
of suet. chopped fine, three-quarters pound of
sugar grated rind of one lemon, one quarter
pound of flour, pound of currants. one-half
of nutmeg grated. five eggs onehalf pint of
peal. Clean, wash and dry the currants.
Stone the raisins. Mix all the dry ingredients
well together. Beat the eggs, add to them the
gradients, and thoroughly mix. Pack into
creased small kettlesi molds this will make
about six poundsl. and boil for six hours at the
time of making and six hours when wanted for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-24
The Grand Jury Let Him of Easy.

1t seems that the case against John r. Temp
kins, the youthful postofice clerk arrested three
months ago for leading young girl astray.
quietly disposed of by the grand jury. Temp
kins waived examination before the Mayor, and
was sent to the grand jury. The records show
that that body refused to consider the principal
charge against him, but indicted him for giving
liquor to minors. as ne had given the girl whisky
and got her drunk while out with her On that
charge he appeared il court on Nov. &c, and
was fined S25 and costs plea of guilty. He
has returned to work IN the postoffice but not
in the position he formerly held.
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The Court Record.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Hon 4 A = MitebaII TbiaFiustf


Hon. j. A. ) Mitchell. Chief Justice.
1858. James A. Bruce ct al Mason j.
Osgood. trustee. Affirmed. Mitchell. c. j.
Where there is a paroli agreement for partition.
and that agreement has been so far carried In TO
effect that one of the parties took possession
OF his share, with the knowledge and acauies-
cenee of the other. making thereon valuable
improvements, it becomes binding.
14094. State ex rel Samuel McCray vs. Nor
gan c. Frazier Clinton C. c. Affirmed. Howk,
J.-Under the act of 1885 (p. 1867 the time when
the gravelroad certificates named therein shall
be dated is left to be the subject after OF each
particular case. or. il the contract is silent to
the sound discretion of the superintendent of
the road. 2 The interest on such certificates
is by statute per cent
1860. Geo. "a d. Gibson, administrators. VS..
James NJ. Keys Clark C. c. Reversed. collars
J.-Where a party executed two mortgages in
one day on the same real estate TO different par
ties, which mortgages were recorded the
Same day at different hours but one mortgage
was executed two hours before the other one
the mortgage frat executed takes priority.
1284I. Joseph w. Fullen wider, administrator
We. VIM. W. Watson. Montgomery e. C. Re-
ye-sed Elliott, J.-Will: Il give. devise and
beoneath TO my beloved wife all
my personal property, including all notes and
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Boston journal.


An interesting rumor, which comes from
Rome, and is credited by the Catholic clergy of
Boston. is that incident of the celebration
of the Pope's jubilee next month will be the ele-
walton of Archbishop Williams, of Boston, to
the rank of cardinal The rumor goes further
in asserting the intended transfer of Bishop
Mcmahon. of Hartford, to Boston, as coadjutor
to Archbishop Williams, aud the raising of vi
ar-general Byrne, of Boston, to the epscopacy,
with Hartford as his see. Bishop Mcmahon was
reared in CharlestOwn, where he was one of the
first two boys to be graduated from the High
school in 1852 His brother. the Rev. John W.
McMahon. Is now pastor of ST. Msry's Church,
Charlestown. Until official action is announced
there will be no means of verifying the rumor
but its origin is such as to lead those who are
conversant with the usual course of such mat
tiers to accept it as foreshadowing correctly the
course of the Vatican.
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'YEs. l shall break the engagement" she
said, folding her arms and looking defiant; lit
is really too much trouble to converse with him;
he's as deaf post. and talks like he had a
mouthful of mush. Besides, the way he hawks
and spits is disgusting" "Dou'r break the en-
eagement for that; tell him 20 take Dr.. Sase's
Catarrh Remedy. 1t will cure him completely"
well I'll tell him. do hate to break it of,
for in all other specss he is quite too charm
ing" OF course, il cured his catarrh.
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Taken TO the Poor-House.

John Benson. the owner Of government bonds
for whom Commissioner Sahm was appointed
guardian, was taken to the County Asylnm
yesterday morning, where he will be kept until
Mr. Sshm can get a permanent home for him.
When he was admitted Superintendent Williams
notified him that he would have to be searched
To that he objected. but finally permitted 1t to
be done, and. sewed in the Inning of his coat,
S20I. 81 was found.
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bloody victory still was one that consumed
time. and a half hour had elapsed ere we started
on again. A half hour which cost us dearly,
for when our detachment arrived at the other
side of Lexington the train containing three
Union generals, Generals Lew Wallace, JEFF C.
Davis and another, had steamed out fifteen
min uteS before
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A Farmer on Trial for housekeeping.

Thomas List, o farmer residing in tine neigh
borhood of Oakland, is being tried before jury
in the Criminal Court on a charge of house
breaking. It is alleged that while family in
his neighborhood were away from home he
entered their house and ransacked it, although
nothing was missed when they returned. The
defendant Is attempting to prove alibi, and
several witnesses testified that he at home
pulling up turnips at the time the house is al
legged to have been entered. Mr.. List was in
dicted by the grand jury, his friends say, the
evidence of some of his enemies about Oakland.
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Misadventures of a Blind Man,

G. D. Hunter, the blind man from Upton, who
spirited across the river and robbed last
Tuesday night, to the city again yesterday.
and spent last night in the station-hou Be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock he was going down Illi-
nois street intoxicated when some boys offered
20 assist him In getting to his hotel. Thinking
he was to be trapped and robbed again. he
struck at the boy with heavy cane, aud miss
ing him broke one of the large plate glass win
dows Of Bosnian Bros q store
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Pearson, Mccoy Foond Guilty.

IRoNToS, o., Dec. 23-Pearson Mccoy was
to-day found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree for the killing OF VIM. T. Northup. at Hair
child, last April He and his father killed
Northup in a fight growing out of prohibition
quarrel, Northup being Prohibtionist ana the
McCoys saloon keepers. Alfred Mccoy, the
father, is now serving a life
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Tried On the Charge of Robbery.

Alfred Strobs and Samuel Watts, colored,
were given preliminary trial before Mayor
Denny yesterday morning, on the charge of hav-
ing robbed Frank Campbell, of Hancock county,
of 500 and q watch in a dsreputabe place on
Fort Wayne avenue last Friday night. The
testimony against Strobe was quite positive, and
his case was ordered to the grand jury. There
was evidence against Watts tending to show
that he was connected with the robbery, and he
was allowed to 60 after being fined for evil asso-
citation.
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Cigarette Smoking.
MINNEAPOLIS Trihnne.

Minneapolis Tribune.
The fixed habit of cigarette smoking in boys
under ten years of age will in the great majority
of cases result in irreparable injury, moral and
mental well as physical 1t is an evil which
the law should be invoked to aid in remedying.
The sale of tobacco in all forms to boys under
sixteen years of age should be absolutely pro-
hibited
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a Preacher Arrested for Provoke.

DR.. James J. Cole, residing at No. 36S North
Mississippi street, has sworE out a warrant in
Squire Febleman's court for the arrest Of Rev
Charles III. Martz. the charge of provoke
Rev. Martz has been boarding with DIR. Cole,
and they had a misunderstanding over trivial
matter The warrant was served last evening
and the case has been set for trial next Tuesday.
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Object to Their Property Being Sold.

Mardsr. Luse d Co., the Chicago firm that
equipped the new daily newspapers that
have started and suspended in Indi-
annapolis during the past six mouths.
have brought suit against Will v.
Rocker, the proprietor of the late Cali, and
Thomas Gruelle, William Reed, and John b.
denmiller for $4,000 and the foreclosure of the
mortgage they hold on the press and material OF
the paper. Mr.. Rocker is made the principal de-
PENDANT in the suit. When he purchased the
outfit he gave to the plaintiffs thirtv-four notes
of 800 EACH payable monthly. and mortgage
the press and material The complaint al.
leges that the first note. that fell due on Dec.
10, was not paid. and that two days later the
paper suspended publication. and Mr.. Rocker
turned over to Messrs. Gruelle. Reed and Boden-
miller the bill OF sale of the Office including
the press and material which the plaintiffs
held q mortgage. Il is asked that Judgment be
rendered the plaintiffs for the amount of the
notes and the accrued interest and that Messrs
Gruelle, Reed and Bodenmier be prevented
from disposing of any of the property turned
over to them until the plaintiffs claim has been
satfsfsd.
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most heartily recommend Nanon as the best
catarrh remedy have used After four treat
rnents entirely relieved of pains in my
head, which times confined my bed.
MRS. E. BREWSTER. 1872 Chestnut street.
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GATHEREDFROMTHE COURTS
Frank Creelman Sued for S10,000Dama-
ges for Not Fulfilling Contract.
The Plaintiffs We're Disappointed in Not Get
ting Valuable Tract of Land from Him
Gases Before the Courts Yesterday.

Frank Creelman has been made ths defendant
in a damage suit for 80 900. fled in the Superior
Court. by frankie Cleaveland and Charles r.
Kirkland. The plaintiffs claim that. Nov. II.
Mr.. Creelman made proposition to sell to them
all the ground from Fourteenth street north to
Fall creek. and between Illinois aud Tennessee
streets. The tract contains twenty eight acres,
and the purchase money agreed upon,
they say, was $1,000 The con-
tract, they aliege. made in
writing. and the plaintiff accepted it by signing
it and paying to Mr. Creelman's agent $500 lad
vance money" When the time came TO make
out the deed. Mr.. Creelman refused to carry out
his contract The complaint states that in draw
ing the contract il neglected to state that
the land is situated in Indiana. and IN
Marion county, and that it is for that
omission that Mr. Creelman holds that the con-
tract is not binding The court Is asked to allow
the words omitted to be inserted, and then re-
quire the defendant to comply with his part OF
the agreement pay the amount of damages
asked. Mr.. Creelman's representatives claim
that no binding agreement was made by him or
in his behalf by his agents.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. D. 1887.
have used two bottles of Nanon during the last
twelve months. and it has afforded great relief
III. w. MIERS.
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Hon. W R. Myers, ex-SeeretAry Of State, says Of
the great Nanon:
ANDERSON, Ind. Nov. 6, 1887
have used the great Nanon catarrh remedy with
most fattering results which afforded me perfec.
relief. regard it indispensable, and recommend it
10 all catarrh sufferers. W. z. MYERS
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. g. 1887.
After using Nanon for few treatments derived
untold benefit and practically cured Of chronic
case of catarrh and heartily recommend it to all
afflicted with the dread disease-Catarrh have this
day bought five bottles to send to my friends tina
suffering from catarrh. g. o. DRISCOLL.
Junior Member of Union Book Co.